WEBVTT SORT AUT THE TRAGIC CHAIN OF EVENT THAT'S ENDED IN DEATH. AS WE DRIVE UP AND DOWN I-4 WE OFTEN SEE PIECES OF TIRE BECAUSE OF ALL THE HEAT AND PROBLEMS ALONG THE INTERSTATE TIRES WILL SHRED AND FAIL FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. THIS MORNING A CAR HEADING EAST RAN OVER A PIECE OF SHREDDED TIRE, FLIPPING IT UP INTO THE AIR LEADING TO A TRAGIC OUTCOME. TRAGICALLY WE'LL NEVER KNOW IF THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER WOULD HAVE SURVIVED BEING KNOCKED OFF HIS MOTORCYCLE BY FLYING DEBRIS. AN INCIDENT WHICH HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE WRONG THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE. A PIECE OF TIRE GOT KICKED UP FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM. ACTUALLY STRUCK THE MOTORCYCLIST KNOCKING HIM OFF HIS BIKE. A PIECE OF TIRE TOSSED INTO THE AIR BY A CAR. WE SEE TIRE PIECES ALL THE TIME. SOME APPEAR TO BE THE ENTIRE TIRE CAP. THE D.O.T. HIRES PEOPLE TO PICK UP TIRE PIECES. ROAD RANGERS GRAB THEM WHEN THEY SEE THEM. COPS AND TROOPERS GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY AS WELL. BUT SO MANY TIRES FAIL. THERE'S ALWAYS RUBBER ON THE ROAD AND ON THE SHOULDERS. ONCE THE BIKER WAS THROWN TO THE PAVEMENT. WHEN HE FELL INTO THE ROADWAY WITNESSES SAY A LARGE TRUCK, EITHER A F-250 OR F 350 PICKUP TRUCK GRAY IN COLOR STRUCK AND RAN OVER HIM. THAT VEHICLE KEPT GOING. SO NOW TROOPERS ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER. BECAUSE SO MANY CARS WERE ON THE ROAD AT THAT HOUR, THE SCENE WAS LARGE AND GRUESOME. BUT IT'S THE TRUCK WHICH WITNESSES SAY HIT THE BIKER FIRST WHICH IS THE TARGET OF THE TROOPER'S SEARCH. THE VEHICLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT STRUCK HIM, RAN OVER HIM AND WE BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE EVIDENCE OF THAT ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THEY THINK IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, EVEN LIKELY, THAT THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WHICH THREW THE PIECE OF TIRE INTO THE AIR HAD NO IDEA IT EVEN HAPPENED. THE PICKUP DRIVER, THEY SAY, IS ANOTHER ISSUE. AGAIN THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS. IF YOU LEAVE THE SCENE OF A CRASH INVOLVING AN INJURY OR DEATH, PRISON IS A POSSIBILITY. AND INVOLVING A DEATH, THE POSSIBILITY IS UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON. TROOPERS SAY IT'S VERY LIKELY IF THAT PICKUP DRIVER WOULD HAVE